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Tense Times In Volcano Land
Kind of a tense day. The wind came up at breakfast time, and the ash cloud headed our way, so we hastily finished our breakfast, piled things into the car, and headed off to try to keep ahead of the oncoming cloud. The hostel (with its luxury hotel section) is on a side road about 10km from the main Iceland perimeter highway, and this luckily took …
Walking on Glaciers
Both in terms of distance and in terms of time, its the halfway point of the holiday, and we are the furthest away from home that we are going. It's the tenth country we've visited and its certainly unique. Where else in the world would the most common natural devastation be caused by volcanoes going off that melt glaciers which result in huge …
Direction le sud
Dimanche, encore un jour de route. Nous commençons par une piste qui traverse une très belle vallée et nous permet de rejoindre la Ring Road sans passer par tous les fjords de l'est. Nous nous arrêtons à Höfn pour midi. Avec ses 1640 habitants, ce n’est vraiment pas une grande ville, mais il s’agit de la principale ville du sud-est.
Der erste Regen
In der Nacht regnete es das 1. Mal so richtig schlimm! Gleichzeitig konnte man ständig die Schafe jammern hören… Da es so nass und verregnet war blieben wir ziemlich lange im Zelt… Als wir uns dann endlich fertig gemacht hatten und losgehen wollten fing es wieder zu schütten an. Wir wollten warten bis es vorbei war, ...
The wind, the rain, the sandur ... and us.
... dryer as part of the campground amenities. The second best surprise was a reunion with the Spanish cyclist who arrived by bus. Even though he was well aware that we made it by bike, he said to me, "It is impossible to bicycle today!" "Well, almost impossible," I corrected him with a smile. The best surprise though was Matt's upbeat attitiude through it all. For those of you who don't know, he is very hydrophobic, especially if the water is cold or falling from the sky. The ...
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